The Civil Action
Coversheet, SCCA/234, bearing a revision date of 07/2009 is approved for use in
the Circuit Courts of the State of South Carolina. The coversheet has been
amended to include a line for the original Notice of Intent to File Suit case
number under the “Notice/ File Med Mal (230)” nature of action option which is
located in the Torts/Professional Malpractice section of the coversheet. When
the complaint’s nature of action is medical malpractice, the plaintiff should
indicate the Notice of Intent to File Suit action case number on the line
provided on the Civil Action Coversheet.

The Civil Action
Coversheet is required with all initial pleadings filed in the Court of Common
Pleas. This coversheet should be completed, in its entirety, by the attorney filing the action and served on the defendant with the Summons and Complaint.
This coversheet shall remain as an attachment in order to document the nature
of the action that is being filed and as proof of payment of the filing
fee. Form SCCA/234 (07/2009) supersedes and replaces the coversheet
bearing a revision date of 03/2009.

The civil
coversheet is available on the South Carolina Judicial Department website at www.sccourts.org.